COMPLIANCE INFO_PRE 2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Corporate Social Responsibility - Envtmental • Page 1 of 4 0 PILKINGTON Searc Home About Pilkington Investor Relations News contacts Company Briefing Home I About Pilkington I English I Corporate Social Responsibility I Environmental I Overview Flat Glass Industry Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility - Environmental Investor Relations Press Information I Overview Policy I 1$014001 _Certification Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Conduct ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE Health and Safety Environmental Significant effort continues to be directed towards Improving environmental performance and ensuring that Stakeholders quality products are manufactured for our customers, which have a positive impact on the environment. Community Energy Conservation Despite these efforts there remain areas for improvement. The Cowley HIII Float plant in the UK received a formal caution from the UK Environment Agency for allowing surface water of too high a pH level to enter an Careers adjacent watercourse. Pilkington paid a civil penalty of$500,000 (£322,581) to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Supplying Pilkington Air Pollution Control District to settle alleged air quality violations at the Lathrop, California plant. The allegationsencompassed various emission sources at the facility during the period 1997 to 2001. The major Pilkington Technology emissions involved nitrogen oxide from the glass melting furnace. Remedial action has been taken at both All about Glass plants to ensure the problems do not recur. Pllkington Addresses Meeting obligations whilst retaining a competitive position will remain a challenge. Pilkington Is evaluating the Contact Us UK Emissions Trading Scheme and the other UK climate change initiatives to determine how the Group an operate effectively within such mechanisms. This UK experience will prove Invaluable In the next few years as e-Mail Alerts manufacturing Industry In general, and the European glass industry In particular, learns how to operate under Downloads the constraints set out in the proposed mandatory EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Webcast Energy and resource usage For glass manufacture, energy usage is a significant Issue. Float and rolled glass manufacturing sites in the UK now operate under a voluntary energy restriction (Glass Sector Climate Change Agreement) with the UK government.This year was classed as a milestone year, and the UK glass sector met its agreed reduction target allowing the agreement to continue for a further two years. The increase in diesel oil usage shown in the above chart largely relates to the inclusion for the first time of data from the newly constructed float lines in Spain and France and the automotive plant in Kentucky, USA. Usage of recycled glass in production processes has increased by some 20 per cent. This has the dual environmental benefit of reducing both primary raw materials usage and carbon dioxide release. It also reduces the quantity of glass sent for disposal which is classified as an emission product. However, the quality of glass available worldwide for recycling remains a concern and is a factor limiting increased usage. The environmental Impact of preparing poor quality glass for re-use In the float process could exceed the potential benefit of using it. Timber usage figures have increased, partly as a result of the development of markets where customers are less able to handle bulk glass supplies. This trend is expected to continue. Pilkington is seeking to ensure that more sustainable timber resources are used by working closely with its direct suppliers to define their sources. The charts below show the energy and other resource usage of the Group. Environmental performance data from the newly constructed float lines in Spain and France and the automotive plant in Kentucky, USA, where the organisational reporting structure has changed, is included for the first time. For presentational reasons the units vary according to resource. http://www.pilkington.com/corporate/english/social+responsibility/environmental/defaultl.htm 11/18/2003